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Pirates of Lake Michigan - Lon Hieftje

Join us on Wednesday, August 8th as we welcome Lon Hieftje and his book "Pirates on Lake Michigan." We will be celebrating Pirate week all week long.

Pirates On Lake Michigan? Yes, we did have pirates on the Great Lakes. They generally stalked the Great Lakes in the mid-1800s to the early 1900s. It's true, on Lake Michigan, we had some of the most fearsome and burly pirates. These pirates ruled the fresh waters of the Great Lakes and made their living sailing and searching for treasures. Unlike the pirates that you see in the movies, our Great Lakes pirates were mostly clean cut and normal looking. Their treasures were mostly lumber, illegal alcohol, and wild-game meat. Some pirates were known as Timber Pirates, moving illegal cut lumber from the Upper Peninsula to the eastern states. It was a rough time on the Great Lakes where you didn't want to be confronted by one of these fearsome swashbucklers.

 

This event takes place on Wednesday, August 8th at 6:30pm.

Event Date: 
Wednesday, August 8, 2018 - 6:30pm
Address: 
715 Washington
Grand Haven, MI 49417
Books: 
Pirates on Lake Michigan? Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781546493372
Published: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform - May 4th, 2017